Chairman of the House Progressive Caucus: Pelosi comments on AOC, others were unhelpful

Rep. Privaa Jayapal, D-Wash., Co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, suggested Friday that house spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Violated the progressive cause as she blamed the influence of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio. Cortez, DN downplayed. Y. and other inexperienced lawmakers.

Pelosi told the New York Times last week that Ocasio-Cortez and the representatives Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. And Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. "They have their public and their Twitter world, but they had no followers, they are four people and so many votes have been received."

"I do not think these comments were helpful to a. A more complete picture of how we build progressive power in the House of Representatives and how it looks in relation to all democratic power," Jayapal said.

Jayapal did Commenting on his appearance at Netroot's Nation, an annual gathering with panels, The Wall Street Journal reported that Pelosis's name booed when he was mentioned in the panel discussion with Jayapal, and despite her attack on Pelosi, Jayapal is also said to be "Master Although some people disagreed with their decision to place a GOP-backed Border Finance Package through the House of Representatives,

This legislation seems to be the root of the feud, as Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, and others nd Pressley ̵

1; a group known as the "Troop" – All have voted against the measure, even though the members of their own congregation are in the majority.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. was one of those on Friday, the Pelosis decision to receive a border financing from his chamber, pushed back. The house "failed" to "bear its weight to restore America's values," Merkely said.

Many Senate Democrats had endorsed the GOP-backed Border Finance Act on the assumption that Pelosi would force it to a conference committee by adopting its own version of the Democrats. "We lost all the leverage that the progressives like Rep. Jayapal had worked so hard. It just went down the subway, "Merkely said.

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But according to Jayapal, the Senate created one Unsustainable situation for the House of Representatives, by granting non-partisan funds: "We can not allow the Senate to carry out these major bipartisan votes as this will affect what happens in the House of Representatives," she said. [JayapalalsodefendedSpeakerPelosiIntheenditreallymattershowmanyvotesyoucancastforeachpositionyouaspireto"shesaid The Washington congressman and MP Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Have reportedly asked for a meeting to discuss with Pelosi the relationship between the Democratic Caucus and more progressive Party members.

While the House is considering funding g, the "troop" issued a statement that called for a stop on funding for enforcing immigration rules and accusing the authorities of "killing innocent children". Ocasio-Cortez similarly beat the House Democrats for having passed laws to account for the use of federal funds by the authorities.

The chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, who tweeted about moderate Democrats, was comparable to segregationalists who had dominated the party in earlier days.

A similar tweet by Chakrabarti provoked a bold condemnation by the Democratic caucus of the House of Representatives, whose members allegedly demanded that Pelosi call on the Democrats not to interfere with attacks such as Chakrabarti's.

Ocasio-Cortez threw gas on The Fire by telling the Washington Post last week that the spokesman's "persistent picking out" was "completely disrespectful" and concerned "newly elected women of color". This in turn led to a devastating reprimand by Representative William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., A senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus who accused Ocasio-Cortez of playing "the racing card", declined a charge against Ocasio-Cortez on Friday.

"Now I've said publicly," Jayapal said the same day, "I do not usually find Pelosi someone disrespecting members, I never felt disgusted by Nancy Pelosi as a colorful woman."

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However, Jayapal said earlier that she might be referring to Ocasio-Cortez's concerns.

"It's just a constant thing that we treat as women of color, and it's always more difficult when it's perceived by your own side, whether that was so." it was intended or not, "she said earlier this week, suggesting that Pelosi was not used to a group like" The Squad "with larger Twitter followers than she did.

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